Poor environment impact assessment (EIA) reports are an old story now. The environment ministry acknowledged this a long time ago. So citizens continue to labour, pointing out flaws in project after project. In 2007, while setting the mood for an accreditation process for EIA consultants, the ministry had put out the Quality Council of India (QCI) and National Accreditation Board for Education and Training’s (NABET) proposed scheme and endorsed the claim that EIAs mostly do not measure up to the required quality.
At that time the accreditation process was a voluntary exercise. Consultants were encouraged to register. . .
